​Digital department store Freemans has released its first-ever Beauty Box as it aims to make the most of massive growth in the beauty category overall.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Friday it would slash its corporate staff by about 10%, as it streamlines operations and focuses on consumer-facing healthcare businesses. 

Ulta Beauty announced on Thursday strong first-quarter revenue, thanks to increased comparables sales and strong store performance. 

Bath & Body Works Inc beat first-quarter profit expectations on Thursday, as higher product prices outweighed cost pressures and a slowdown in demand, sending its shares up over 9% in premarket trading.

Bath & Body Works, Inc. announced on Wednesday the appointment of Maurice Cooper to the newly created role of chief customer officer.

For its 2022/23 financial year ending March 31, the cosmetics group L'Occitane recorded a turnover of 2.13 billion euros, up 17.9%. This growth was driven by the acquisition of Sol de Janeiro.

​The Body Shop’s owner Natura &Co has reported what it called a “resilient performance” for Q1, with sales growth in constant currency and an improvement in profit margins. It was still loss-making, however. 

Health & beauty retail giant Superdrug is celebrating a charity beauty milestone. It’s now five years since the first 'National Beauty Banks’ bins were installed in its stores.

​Consumer products giant Unilever has reported results for the first quarter and said that underlying sales growth (USG) “accelerated to 10.5%, driven by progress against strategic priorities”.

​Beauty specialist Warpaint London reported 2022 results on Wednesday and talked of “record sales and significant profitability” reflecting a strong full-year performance. It also highlighted a “positive start to 2023”.

​THG shares can’t seem to stay on an even keel. No sooner did they rise 40% Monday after news of a takeover approach for the company than they fell almost 20% Tuesday on investor disappointment in the company's results.

Big expansion plans for Superdrug this year. The UK health & beauty retailer is investing in 25 new stores, expanding its bricks-and-mortar retail footprint while creating over 570 jobs nationwide. 

Just a day after headlines about a surging share price linked to a bid approach for the company, THG was back in the news on Tuesday as it released a trading update and its full-year preliminary results.

Shares in under-pressure UK online beauty e-tailer and e-commerce services provider THG leapt 40% at one point on Monday on news of an early-stage takeover approach from US private equity firm Apollo Global Management.

Hou Juncheng has a dream, and it ain’t modest. He wants to own the biggest cosmetics company in China – and he’s already off to an extremely fast start. Over dinner in Paris, he reveals his next moves.

​Space NK is continuing its UK expansion programme and is to make its debut at one of the country’s most successful malls, the Grosvenor-operated Liverpool One.